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Most VOMs used the old "General Radio 274" style connector, or the headphones "pin" connectors. As for leads, there are sellers on Ebay selling mil-surplus VOM leads with interchangeable tips. I've purchased several sets, and they are very good quality rubber insulated leads.

Most, if not all meters,have enough room for 3 9 Volt batteries somewhere inside. In "the day" 22-1/2 and 30 Volt batteries were common place, only with the passage of time have they become difficult to find.

I think Bakelite cases were their Achilles heel, and had VOM makers moved away from Bakelite and gone to relatively indestructible ABS plastic like the telephone companies did, VOMs would have remained more popular for many more years than they did.

<blockquote data-quote="KE0ZU" data-source="post: 433036" data-attributes="member: 34365">Most VOMs used the old &quot;General Radio 274&quot; style connector, or the headphones &quot;pin&quot; connectors.&nbsp;&nbsp; As for leads, there are sellers on Ebay selling mil-surplus VOM leads with interchangeable tips.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve purchased several sets, and they are very good quality rubber insulated leads.<img src="http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62/mikeinkcmo/testgear/Bench/adaptors%20leads/BananaGRjacks.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp;Most, if not all meters,have enough room for 3 9 Volt batteries somewhere inside. In &quot;the day&quot; 22-1/2 and 30 Volt batteries were common place, only with the passage of time have they become difficult to find.<img src="http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62/mikeinkcmo/testgear/Simpson/262/2626.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62/mikeinkcmo/testgear/Simpson/262/VOMsall.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />I think Bakelite cases were their Achilles heel, and had VOM makers moved away from Bakelite and gone to&nbsp; relatively indestructible ABS plastic like the telephone companies did, VOMs would have remained more popular for many more years than they did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KE0ZU, post: 433036, member: 34365"] Most VOMs used the old "General Radio 274" style connector, or the headphones "pin" connectors. As for leads, there are sellers on Ebay selling mil-surplus VOM leads with interchangeable tips. I've purchased several sets, and they are very good quality rubber insulated leads. [IMG]http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62/mikeinkcmo/testgear/Bench/adaptors%20leads/BananaGRjacks.jpg[/IMG] Most, if not all meters,have enough room for 3 9 Volt batteries somewhere inside. In "the day" 22-1/2 and 30 Volt batteries were common place, only with the passage of time have they become difficult to find. [IMG]http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62/mikeinkcmo/testgear/Simpson/262/2626.jpg[/IMG] [img]http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62/mikeinkcmo/testgear/Simpson/262/VOMsall.jpg[/img] I think Bakelite cases were their Achilles heel, and had VOM makers moved away from Bakelite and gone to relatively indestructible ABS plastic like the telephone companies did, VOMs would have remained more popular for many more years than they did. [/QUOTE]

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